A broad-format meeting is underway in Sofia discussing measures against radical Islam penetrating into Bulgaria.

Cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and experts from the Ministries of Interior, Defense, Finance, Education and Science, representatives of the Prosecutor's Office, the State Agency on National Security (SANS), the State Intelligence Agency, and of the Religious Affairs Directorate of the Council of Ministers have joined the meeting.

Deputy Prime Minister Krasimir Karakachanov said that indiscriminate financing of religious communities in Bulgaria which promotes non-traditional religious practices and political influences should be restricted and subsequently terminated. The laws in force are extremely liberal and allow using the form of private religious schools, training courses, and private kindergartens as a way to promote a version of Islam that is not traditional for the country”, the deputy PM said.